"In 1978, Janie Fricke released a cover version of the song as ""Please Help Me (I'm Fallin' in Love with You)"" and took it to number 12 on the country charts. Unlike Locklin's piano-based, bright mid-tempo version, Fricke's version is a ballad in the country pop vein. In 1989, Kirsty MacColl covered the song as b-side to her single ""Days"". In 1993, Dolly Parton, Loretta Lynn and Tammy Wynette recorded their version of ""Please Help Me (I'm Fallin' in Love with You)"" for their album, ""Honky Tonk Angels"", although Loretta herself recording a duet with Conway Twitty from the 1987"
"the CD released on Sonlite and MGM/UA for one of the most popular Christmas releases of 1991 and 1992 with Southern retailers. In 1993, Wells appeared on Dolly Parton, Loretta Lynn and Tammy Wynette's collaboration, ""Honky Tonk Angels,"" joining in on their recording of the title track. Wells and her husband opened the Family Country Junction Museum and Studio in 1983 in their hometown of Madison, but stopped running it on their own in 2000. Their grandson, John Sturdivant, Jr. has kept the Junction Recording Studio at its present location which also houses Junction Records. Wells and her husband-singing partner"
"Music Hall of Fame in 1988. Lynn returned to the public eye in 1993 with a hit CD, the trio album ""Honky Tonk Angels"", recorded with Dolly Parton and Tammy Wynette. The CD peaked at #6 on the Billboard Country charts and #42 on the Billboard Pop charts and charted a single with ""Silver Threads and Golden Needles"". They released a popular video of this song. The album sold over 800,000 copies and was certified gold in the United States and Canada. The trio was nominated for Grammy and Country Music Association awards. Lynn's former singing partner, Conway Twitty, died"
"It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels ""It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels"" is a 1952 country song written by J. D. ""Jay"" Miller, and originally recorded by Kitty Wells. It was an answer song to the Hank Thompson hit ""The Wild Side of Life."" The song — which blamed unfaithful men for creating unfaithful women — became the first No. 1 ""Billboard"" country hit for a solo female artist. In addition to helping establish Wells as country music's first major female star, ""It Wasn't God..."" paved the way for other female artists, particularly Dolly Parton, Patsy"
"placed the album at #6 on ""Billboard""'s country album chart, where it spent 24 weeks, and #42 on ""Billboard"" 200, the pop album chart becoming Wynette's second-highest ranking album on the pop chart and Lynn's highest on the pop chart until her 2004 album Van Lear Rose. It was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America. The album features many country standards, including ""It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels"" (which features a guest vocal appearance by the song's originator and the original country queen, Kitty Wells), ""Wings of a Dove"" (a 1960 hit for Ferlin Husky),"
"released as a single in the fall of 1986, just as Parton was leaving RCA (her label of the previous nineteen years). It would be her last charting single during her tenure with RCA. We Had It All (song) ""We Had It All"" is a song written by Troy Seals and Donnie Fritts and originally recorded by Waylon Jennings on his 1973 album, ""Honky Tonk Heroes"". It has since been covered by many artists, including Rita Coolidge, Dobie Gray, Susan Jacks, Willie Nelson, Dolly Parton, the Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Rod Stewart, Tina Turner, Conway Twitty, Ray Charles, and Dottie"
"Hank Thompson's ""The Wild Side of Life"" and Kitty Wells' ""It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels"", making the song a hit all over again in other incarnations. The original group consisted of A.P. Carter, his wife Sara Carter, and his sister-in-law Maybelle Carter. Maybelle was married to A.P.'s brother Ezra Carter (Eck), and was also Sara's first cousin. All three were born and raised in Southwest Virginia, where they were immersed in the tight harmonies of mountain gospel music and shape note singing. Throughout the group's career, Sara Carter sang lead vocals and played rhythm guitar or autoharp;"
"Honky Tonk Angel (Patty Loveless album) Honky Tonk Angel is the third album recorded by country music artist Patty Loveless. With five tracks from the album charting in the Billboard Top Ten Country Singles, including two at #1, it served as a breakthrough album for Loveless. The album itself was Loveless' highest charting at #7 on the Country Albums category. The two #1 singles were ""Chains"" and ""Timber, I'm Falling in Love"". Loveless also did a cover of the Lone Justice song, ""Don't Toss Us Away"", which featured Rodney Crowell on backing vocals. The song charted at #5. Famed songwriter"
"There's a Honky Tonk Angel (Who'll Take Me Back In) ""There's a Honky Tonk Angel (Who'll Take Me Back In)"" is a song written by Troy Seals and Denny Rice, and recorded by American country music artist Conway Twitty. It was released in January 1974 as the first single from the album ""Honky Tonk Angel"". The single was Twitty's 10th number one on the U.S. country singles chart as a solo artist and 13th overall. It stayed at number one for one week and spent 12 weeks on the chart in all. In 1975, Cliff Richard released the song as"
"Michael Streissguth wrote, ""The album christened country music's outlaw era...and bathed in risk, having gambled on the work of an untested songwriter."" Honky Tonk Heroes Honky Tonk Heroes is a country music album by Waylon Jennings, released in 1973 on RCA Victor. With the exception of ""We Had It All"", all of the songs on the album were written or co-written by Billy Joe Shaver. The album is considered an important piece in the development of the outlaw subgenre in country music as it helped revive the honky tonk music of Nashville by injecting a rock and roll attitude. Jennings"
"of 63 years performed their final show together on December 31, 2000 at the Nashville Nightlife Theater; they had announced their retirement earlier that year. Wells was ranked No. 15 on ""CMT's 40 Greatest Women of Country Music"" in 2002. An exhibit honoring Wells at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville ran from August 2008 through June 2009. On May 14, 2008, ""It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels"" was added to the National Recording Registry at the Library of Congress, along with Roy Orbison's ""Oh, Pretty Woman"". Wells married Johnnie Wright in 1937. She"
"""Honky Tonk Angel"" has appeared as a bonus track on the CD release of ""I'm Nearly Famous"" (2001) and on two official compilations: ""The Singles Collection"" (EMI, 2002) and ""Lost & Found (From the Archives)"" (EMI, 2009). There's a Honky Tonk Angel (Who'll Take Me Back In) ""There's a Honky Tonk Angel (Who'll Take Me Back In)"" is a song written by Troy Seals and Denny Rice, and recorded by American country music artist Conway Twitty. It was released in January 1974 as the first single from the album ""Honky Tonk Angel"". The single was Twitty's 10th number one on"
"and Dolly Parton, she is credited with having defined the role of women in country music during the 1970s. Wynette's marriage to country music singer George Jones in 1969, which ended in divorce in 1975, created a country music ""couple"", following the earlier success of Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash. Jones and Wynette recorded a sequence of albums and singles that hit the charts throughout the 1970s and early 1980s. Tammy Wynette was born Virginia Wynette Pugh near Tremont, Mississippi, the only child of Mildred Faye (née Russell; September 3, 1921 – June 24, 1991) and William Hollice Pugh"
"Excello, Spot, Action, Kay, Ringo, Tribute, and French ""Hits"". In the 1950s he began to record swamp pop artists, including King Karl, Guitar Gable, Warren Storm, Rod Bernard, and Johnnie Allan, among others. In 1952, Miller wrote the lyrics to ""It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels"" (an answer song to the recent Hank Thompson hit ""The Wild Side of Life""). The song, as recorded by Kitty Wells, became gold and stayed number 1 for several weeks. Around this time he also began to record swamp blues artists, such as Lightnin' Slim, Lazy Lester, Lonesome Sundown and Slim Harpo."
"Dolly Parton Dolly Rebecca Parton (born January 19, 1946) is an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, actress, author, businesswoman, and philanthropist, known primarily for her work in country music. After achieving success as a songwriter for others, Dolly Parton made her album debut in 1967, with her album ""Hello, I'm Dolly"". With steady success during the remainder of the 1960s (both as a solo artist and with a series of duet albums with Porter Wagoner), her sales and chart peak came during the 1970s and continued into the 1980s; Parton's subsequent albums in the later part of the 1990s"
"the ""Billboard"" country chart. In 1985, ""Heart Don't Do This to Me"" became her final top-twenty and final top-forty hit. After charting with the single ""Who Was That Stranger"" (1988), Lynn's recording career went into hiatus. She briefly returned in 1993 to collaborate with Dolly Parton and Tammy Wynette on the studio album ""Honky Tonk Angels"". The project's only single ""Silver Threads and Golden Needles"" reached number sixty eight on the Billboard country chart. ""Country in My Genes"" was spawned from ""Still Country"" (2000), Lynn's first studio album following the death of her husband. The single reached number seventy two"
"songs she has written, and she has since re-recorded it twice to the ""Eagle When She Flies"" album in 1991, and the ""Halos & Horns"" album in 2002. It was released digitally for the first time on 4 December 2015. All songs performed by Dolly Parton except where noted. Rhinestone (soundtrack) Rhinestone (Original Soundtrack from the Twentieth Century Fox Motion Picture) is the soundtrack album from the 1984 film of the same name starring Dolly Parton and Sylvester Stallone. The Dolly Parton-composed soundtrack produced two Top Ten country singles: ""God Won't Get You"" and the chart-topping ""Tennessee Homesick Blues"". Parton"
"Kostas had a major role by writing three of the album's tunes, including ""Timber, I'm Falling in Love"" and ""The Lonely Side of Love"", which peaked at #6. Honky Tonk Angel (Patty Loveless album) Honky Tonk Angel is the third album recorded by country music artist Patty Loveless. With five tracks from the album charting in the Billboard Top Ten Country Singles, including two at #1, it served as a breakthrough album for Loveless. The album itself was Loveless' highest charting at #7 on the Country Albums category. The two #1 singles were ""Chains"" and ""Timber, I'm Falling in Love""."
"Honky Tonk Heroes Honky Tonk Heroes is a country music album by Waylon Jennings, released in 1973 on RCA Victor. With the exception of ""We Had It All"", all of the songs on the album were written or co-written by Billy Joe Shaver. The album is considered an important piece in the development of the outlaw subgenre in country music as it helped revive the honky tonk music of Nashville by injecting a rock and roll attitude. Jennings and manager Neil Reshen had renegotiated the singer's contract with RCA Records in 1972, which gave him creative control over his work."
"Bill Doggett William Ballard Doggett (February 16, 1916 – November 13, 1996) was an American jazz and rhythm and blues pianist and organist. He is best known for his compositions ""Honky Tonk"" and ""Hippy Dippy"", and variously working with the Ink Spots, Johnny Otis, Wynonie Harris, Ella Fitzgerald, and Louis Jordan. Doggett was born in Philadelphia. His mother, a church pianist, introduced him to music when he was nine years old. By the time he was fifteen, he had joined a Philadelphia area combo, playing local theaters and clubs while attending high school. Doggett later sold his band to Lucky"
"We Had It All (song) ""We Had It All"" is a song written by Troy Seals and Donnie Fritts and originally recorded by Waylon Jennings on his 1973 album, ""Honky Tonk Heroes"". It has since been covered by many artists, including Rita Coolidge, Dobie Gray, Susan Jacks, Willie Nelson, Dolly Parton, the Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Rod Stewart, Tina Turner, Conway Twitty, Ray Charles, and Dottie West. Dolly Parton included the song on her 1984 album of covers ""The Great Pretender."" A remixed version of the song was later included on 1986's ""Think About Love,"" and the remixed version was"
"Dolly Parton, Justin Trevino, Ray Price, Frankie Miller, Hank Thompson, Connie Smith, Lawton Williams, Mel Tillis, Darrell McCall, Johnny Bush and George Jones. The project, released in April 2004, featured liner notes by Dr. Bill Malone, Bill Mack, Hank Thompson and Willie Nelson. It was produced by Justin Trevino (country singer) on Heart of Texas Records. Floyd Tillman Floyd Tillman (December 8, 1914 – August 22, 2003) was an American country musician who, in the 1930s and 1940s, helped create the Western swing and honky tonk genres. Tillman was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970 and"
"successful ""answer song"" performed by Kitty Wells called ""It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels"" in the same year. A notable instrumental version is found on the Grammy Award-Nominated album ""20th Century Gospel"" by Nokie Edwards and The Light Crust Doughboys on Greenhaw Records. The connection between these songs is noted in the David Allan Coe song ""If That Ain't Country"" that ends with the lyrics ""I'm thinking tonight of my blue eyes/ Concerning a great speckled bird/ I didn't know God made honky-tonk angels/ and went back to the wild side of life."" The song is also referenced,"
"Mountain Angel Mountain Angel is a song written and performed by Dolly Parton off of her 2001 album ""Little Sparrow"". This song, including the other tracks from the album, was recorded at ‘""Oceanway and The Doghouse""’ in Nashville, and at ‘Schnee Studios’ in Los Angeles. Mountain angel is a bluegrass piece with elements of folk. In order to match the success of her previous album, The Grass is Blue, Dolly used the band Nickel Creek and the backing vocals of Alison Krauss to create a new innovative bluegrass sound. The song was performed on several occasions including Larry King: Live"
"was written by Colter, and the second single, ""The Wild Side of Life""/""It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels,"" was also a major hit in 1981, peaking at No. 10 on the Billboard Country Chart. The album was certified Gold in sales by the RIAA that year, Colter's second RIAA-certified album to date. Stevie Nicks wrote the title track of the album; however, after receiving word that Colter and Jennings might divorce, Nicks released her own version of the song as a duet with Don Henley. It peaked at No. 6 on Pop chart, also in 1981. Also in"
"Kitty Wells Ellen Muriel Deason (August 30, 1919 – July 16, 2012), known professionally as Kitty Wells, was an American pioneering female country music singer. She broke down a female barrier in country music with her 1952 hit recording, ""It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels"" which also made her the first female country singer to top the U.S. country charts, and turned her into the first female country superstar. “It Wasn’t God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels” would also be her first of several pop cross over hits. Wells is the only female artist to be awarded top"
"singles were released from the album when it premiered in 1969, however two years later after Anderson had moved on to Columbia Records, Chart would release ""It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels"" as a single resulting in a Top 20 record on the Billboard country chart. Songs That Made Country Girls Famous Songs That Made Country Girls Famous is astudio album by Lynn Anderson released in 1969. The album became Anderson's second top ten LP on ""Billboard's"" Top Country Albums chart, peaking at #9. The eleven song album features covers of major hits in the careers of eleven"
"enthusiastic playing styles of popular musicians like Bo Diddley and Chuck Berry, departed from the melancholy aspects of blues and influenced Rock and roll music. Ray Charles and Fats Domino help bring blues into the popular music scene. Domino provides a boogie-woogie style that heavily influences rock 'n' roll. Big Mama Thornton records the original version of ""Hound Dog"". Country music stars in the early 1950s included Hank Williams, Patsy Cline, Bill Monroe, Eddy Arnold, Gene Autry, Tex Ritter, Jim Reeves, Tennessee Ernie Ford, Chet Atkins and Kitty Wells. Wells' 1952 hit ""It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels"""
"""It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels"", which all reached the Top 20 on the ""Billboard"" country chart in 1970. In late 1970 under Columbia, Anderson released the single ""Rose Garden"", which became Anderson's biggest-selling single and signature song, reaching #1 on the ""Billboard"" Hot Country Singles chart, #3 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100, #5 on the ""Billboard"" Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks chart, and reaching #1 in 16 countries around the world. An album of the same name (1971) reached number one of the Top Country Albums chart, #19 on the ""Billboard"" 200, and certified platinum in the United"
"The Wild Side of Life ""The Wild Side of Life"" is a song made famous by country music singer Hank Thompson. Originally released in 1952, the song became one of the most popular recordings in the genre's history, spending 15 weeks at No. 1 on the ""Billboard"" country charts, solidified Thompson's status as a country music superstar and inspired the answer song, ""It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels"" by Kitty Wells. ""The Wild Side of Life"" carries one of the most distinctive melodies of early country music, used in ""Thrills That I Can't Forget"" recorded by Welby Toomey"
"included the Waylors for the first time on a RCA album in ""Honky Tonk Heroes"". The lineup was expanded during the next decade, they backed Jennings until his death in 2002. Reformed in 2008, the group performs on its own with Tommy Townsend as their lead vocalist, with occasional performances as the band for Albright's namesake son of Waylon Jennings and Jessi Colter, Waylon Albright ""Shooter"" Jennings. Waylon was being managed by Buddy Holly's former first manager 'Hi-Pockets' Duncan who recommended Waylon to Buddy. With money out of his own pocket, Buddy produced Waylon's first record, a Rock & Roll"
"music charts. The Wild Side of Life ""The Wild Side of Life"" is a song made famous by country music singer Hank Thompson. Originally released in 1952, the song became one of the most popular recordings in the genre's history, spending 15 weeks at No. 1 on the ""Billboard"" country charts, solidified Thompson's status as a country music superstar and inspired the answer song, ""It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels"" by Kitty Wells. ""The Wild Side of Life"" carries one of the most distinctive melodies of early country music, used in ""Thrills That I Can't Forget"" recorded by"
"Angels"" also crossed over to Billboard's pop charts, hitting No. 27. Thanks to her breakthrough, she received a membership to the Grand Ole Opry, which had originally banned the single. Writer Bill Friskics-Warren has argued that part of the song's appeal came from its combination of a modern message with a familiar tune, a melody drawn from the Carter Family's ""I'm Thinking Tonight of My Blue Eyes"" (as were ""The Wild Side of Life"" and Roy Acuff's ""The Great Speckled Bird""). Practically anyone could hum along with ""Angels"" the first time they heard it. ""It Wasn't God Who Made Honky"